Pistachio And Lemon Cake ( Naturally Gluten And Lactose Free)

• 3 lemons, organic and untreated
• 300 g pistachios, shelled
• 200 g sugar
• 6 eggs, room temperature
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon icing sugar, for dusting

1. Boil the whole lemons in boiling water for 1 hour.
2. Pre heat oven to 180u0b0C Grease and line a 22cm cake tin with baking paper Drain the lemons and Cool.
3. Cut the cooked lemons in half and remove the pips.
4. Puree in a blender until smooth.
5. Blanch ( boil) 200g of the pistaccios in boiling water for 30 seconds then blend with the other 100g.
6. Sererate the egg yolks from the egg whites.
7. Whisk the yolks with the sugar until light then fold in the pistaccio cream, the lemon cream and baking powder.
8. whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt till stiff. Fold into the lemon pistacchio mixture.
9. Pour th emixture int th eprepared cake tin and bake for about 40-45 minutes.
10. Cool, remove from cake tin and dust lightly with icing sugar. Decorate with some candied peel.

lemons, pistachios, sugar, eggs, salt, baking powder, icing sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pistachio-and-lemon-cake-naturally-gluten-and-lactose-free-373797 (may not work)